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NOTICES
RELATING
TO
PRIVATE
BUSINESS
DEPOSITED
ON
MONDAY
30TH
APRIL
2001

New Amendments handed in are marked thus*

NOTICES OF MOTIONS AT THE TIME OF PRIVATE BUSINESS

for Wednesday 2nd May

The Chairman of Ways and Means

That the Amendments to Standing Orders set out in the Schedule be made, with effect from 27th November 2001:

SCHEDULE

Standing Order 1, line 46, at end insert

1

'the term minister of the Crown" means the holder of an office in Her Majesty's government in the United Kingdom and includes the Treasury;'.

Standing Order 38, line 15, at end insert

2

'(2A) The printed memorandum shall include a statement of opinion, by or on behalf of the promoters, as to the compatibility of the provisions of the bill with the Convention rights (as defined in the Human Rights Act 1998).'.

Standing Order 39, line 6, after 'Treasury,' insert 'the Privy Council Office,'.

3

Standing Order 85, line 6, at end insert

4

'(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1) of this standing order, where in the case of a private bill which has been read a first time no report from a minister of the Crown has been presented to the House under Standing Order 169A, the Chairman of Ways and Means may, if he thinks fit, direct the attention of the House to that fact.'

Standing Order 144, leave out lines 12 to 15.

5

Standing Order 158, line 16, at end insert

6

'(by being deposited in the Private Bill Office)'.

The Chairman of Ways and Means

That the following Standing Order be made, with effect from 27th November 2001:

'Reports concerning human rights.169A. In the case of a private bill originating in this House or brought from the House of Lords, a report from a minister of the Crown on the statement of opinion required by Standing Order 38(2A) shall be presented to the House (by being deposited in the Private Bill Office) not later than the second sitting day after that on which the bill was read a first time.'

On Further Consideration of the City of London (Ward Elections) Bill, as amended, to move, That the Bill be further considered upon this day six months.

Mr John McDonnell

7

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 1, line 18 [Clause 2], at end insert

'business electoral college" means a body comprising voters appointed under section 3(1)(c) with responsibility for electing the business voters entitled to vote in ward elections.'.

Mr John McDonnell

3

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 1, line 19 [Clause 2], leave out 'City of London' and insert

'the geographical area administered by the City Corporation'.

Mr John McDonnell

8

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 1, line 19 [Clause 2], at end insert

'employees' electoral college" means a body comprising voters appointed under section 3(1)(d) with responsibility for electing the employees' voters entitled to vote in ward elections.'.

Mr Andrew Mackinlay

11

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 1, line 19 [Clause 2], at end insert

'the Convention rights" has the same meaning as in the Human Rights Act 1998.'

Mr John McDonnell

75

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 6 [Clause 2], leave out from 'there' to end of line 11.

Mr John McDonnell

66

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 6 [Clause 2], after 'there' insert

'for a period of no less than 5 years prior to the qualifying date'.

*Mr John McDonnell

98

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 7 [Clause 2], leave out from 'occupation' to end of line 11 and insert 'through a relevant employee'.

Mr John McDonnell

4

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 8 [Clause 2], leave out from 'director' to end of line and insert 'or employee'.

Mr John McDonnell

76

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 8 [Clause 2], leave out from 'officer' to end of line 11 and insert 'or employee'.

Mr John McDonnell

5

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 9 [Clause 2], leave out from beginning to end of line 11.

Mr John McDonnell

69

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 12 [Clause 2], leave out from beginning to end of line 14.

Mr John McDonnell

60

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 14 [Clause 2], after '(c. 39)' insert

'or a church, religious body, voluntary sector or community organisation which has registered as a charity under the Charities Act 1993'.

Mr John McDonnell

61

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 14 [Clause 2], after '(c. 39)' insert

'or a trade union certificated under section one of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992'.

*Mr John McDonnell

99

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 14 [Clause 2], at end insert

'rateable value" means that level of rateable value calculated to ensure that the sum total of persons qualified to vote at ward elections on the basis of occupation in relation to any hereditament, or part of any hereditament, does not exceed the sum total of persons qualified to vote at ward elections on the basis of being residents of the City.'.

Mr John McDonnell

6

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 14 [Clause 2], at end insert

'relevant employee" means a person whose principal or only place of work on the qualifying date is ordinarily the hereditament in respect of which the entitlement to appoint a voter arises and who works for that qualifying body.'

*Mr John McDonnell

100

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 14 [Clause 2], at end insert

'relevant employee" means a person employed by a qualifying body and registered as such by the City Corporation.'.

Mr John McDonnell

9

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 14 [Clause 2], at end insert

'relevant issues" means issues within the jurisdiction of the Corporation which are determined by a Commission established by the Secretary of State under this Act to be of over-riding relevance to residents of the wards or as relevant to business voters.'.

Mr John McDonnell

10

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 14 [Clause 2], at end insert

'Relevant Issues Commission" means a body established by the Secretary of State under the powers of this Act to determine which issues within the jurisdiction of the Corporation are of over-riding relevance to residents of the wards or to business voters.'

Mr John McDonnell

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Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 18 [Clause 2], leave out from first 'body' to end of line.

Mr John McDonnell

12

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 19 [Clause 2], leave out subsection (2).

Mr John McDonnell

78

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 20 [Clause 2], leave out from 'tenant' to end of line 22.

Mr John McDonnell

13

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 25 [Clause 3], at beginning insert

'(
) This section shall not come into force until the Corporation has presented to the Secretary of State a report on the benefits which its provisions will bring to the Greater London area and to Londoners; and the Secretary of State has laid that report before Parliament and has published a notice that it has been laid in the London Gazette.'

Mr John McDonnell

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Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 25 [Clause 3], at beginning insert

'(
) This section shall not come into force until the Corporation of the City of London has consulted the Mayor and Greater London Assembly elected under the Greater London Authority Act 1999, on its provisions, and has published a report on the issues raised by the Mayor and Greater London Assembly and the Corporation's response.'.

Mr John McDonnell

63

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 25 [Clause 3], at beginning insert

'(
) This section shall not come into force until the Corporation of the City of London has consulted the Mayor and Greater London Assembly elected under the Greater London Authority Act 1999, on its provisions, and has secured the approval of the Mayor for its implementation.'.

Mr John McDonnell

64

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 25 [Clause 3], at beginning insert

'(
) This section shall not come into force until the Corporation of the City of London has consulted the residents of the City and has secured their majority approval by means of a referendum.'.

Mr John McDonnell

14

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 28 [Clause 3], leave out from beginning to end of line 31.

'and which has conducted a ballot of its relevant employees to determine the person to be appointed as a voter.'.

Mr John McDonnell

84

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 37 [Clause 3], after '£200' insert

'following a ballot of its shareholders or members to determine the appointment of the person appointed as its voter'.

Mr John McDonnell

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Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 37 [Clause 3], at end insert

'(d) is a person who has been an employee of a qualifying body for no less than two years.'.

Mr John McDonnell

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Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 37 [Clause 3], at end insert

'(d) is a person elected from the employees' electoral college comprising voters who are employees of a qualifying body which is ordinarily in occupation for relevant purposes as owner or tenant of the whole or part of a hereditament situated in that ward which is shown in the local non-domestic rating list as having a rateable value of not less than £200.'.

Mr John McDonnell

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Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 37 [Clause 3], at end insert

'(1A) The business electoral college shall reflect the range of business activity within the City, and shall comprise relevant business operational constituencies for which a qualifying body must register based upon its principal business operation; and the proportion of voters to be elected from a business operational constituency will be determined in proportion to the number of qualifying bodies registering for a particular business operational constituency in relation to the total registrations.'.

Mr John McDonnell

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Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 37 [Clause 3], at end insert

'(1B) The employees' electoral college shall reflect the range of occupations operating within the City of London, and shall comprise relevant occupational constituencies for which an employee must register based upon his/her principal occupation as defined under the DfEE Standard Occupational Classification Major Groups; and the proportion of voters to be elected from an occupational constituency shall be determined in proportion to the number of employees registering for a particular occupational constituency in relation to the total registrations.'.

Mr John McDonnell

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Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 37 [Clause 3], at end insert

'(1C) The number of business voters elected from the business electoral college shall be no more than 2000.'.

Mr John McDonnell

24

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 37 [Clause 3], at end insert

'(1D) The number of employee voters elected from the employees' electoral college shall be no more than 2000.'.

Mr John McDonnell

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Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 40 [Clause 3], after 'year,' insert

'except for electors appointed under subsections 3(1)(a) and 3(1)(c) above, for whom the qualifying date is 1st September in the second preceding year,'.

Mr John McDonnell

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Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 41 [Clause 3], at end insert

'(2A) For the election of voters to represent the business operational and occupational constituencies within the electoral colleges, each vote in the poll shall be a single transferable vote.

(2B) A single transferable vote is a vote(a) capable of being given so as to indicate the voter's order of preference for the candidates for election as members for the constituency; and(b) capable of being transferred to the next choice when the vote is not needed to give a prior choice to the necessary quota of votes or when a prior choice is eliminated from the list of candidates because of a deficiency in the number of votes given for him.'.

Mr John McDonnell

25

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 2, line 44 [Clause 3], leave out from second 'year' to end of line and insert

'determined by ballot of the voters qualified to vote as in section 3(1)(b) above.'.

Mr John McDonnell

26

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 3, line 1 [Clause 3], leave out paragraph (b).

Mr John McDonnell

27

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 3, line 8 [Clause 3], leave out from 'greater' to end of line 9 and insert 'number of employees of the qualifying body.'.

Mr John McDonnell

70

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 3, line 10 [Clause 3], leave out from beginning to end of line 18.

'(8A) This section shall not come into effect until the Corporation has reported to the Secretary of State that it has by a referendum gained consent to the qualification set out in subsection 3(1) above; and those entitled to vote in the referendum shall be those listed on the electoral register as resident in a ward of the City on the day that notice of the referendum is given.'.

Mr John McDonnell

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Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 3, line 24 leave out Clause 4.

*Mr John McDonnell

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Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 3, line 24 [Clause 4], leave out 'appoint' and insert 'elect'.

Mr John McDonnell

32

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 3, line 25 [Clause 4], leave out from 'shall' to end of line 27 and insert 'conduct a ballot of all relevant employees to elect its voter or voters.'.

Page 4, line 28 [Clause 7], leave out from 'reports,' to 'and' in line 29 and insert 'every 5 years thereafter;'.

Mr John McDonnell

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Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 4, line 29 [Clause 7], after 'require' insert 'but no later than every two years after the laying before Parliament of the previous report'.

Mr Andrew Mackinlay

44

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 4, line 30 [Clause 7], at end insert

'(2A) Prior to the preparation of any report under subsection (1) or (2) above, each voter qualified under section 3(1)(b) shall be sent a notice by the Town Clerk inviting representations within a period of twenty-eight days; and any such representation received shall be listed in the report, and kept available for public inspection and duplication for six months from the date of publication of the report.'.

*Mr John McDonnell

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Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 4, line 32 [Clause 7], at end insert

'(4) Such report shall contain information on any consultations undertaken by the Corporation with persons entitled to vote at ward elections in the City of London on any further proposals with respect to altering the qualifications of voters at such elections.'.

*Mr John McDonnell

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Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 4, line 32 [Clause 7], at end insert

'(5) Such report shall be distributed by the City Corporation to every person entitled to vote at such elections.'.

*Mr John McDonnell

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Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 4, line 32 [Clause 7], at end insert

'(6) Prior to the submission of such report to the Secretary of State, the City Corporation shall consult on its contents with the Mayor of London, the Greater London Authority, the boroughs and the Electoral Commission.'.

Page 6, line 6 [Schedule 1], leave out from beginning to end of line 34 on page 7.

Mr John McDonnell

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Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 6, line 7 [Schedule 1], leave out 'appoint' and insert 'elect'.

*Mr John McDonnell

93

Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 6, line 8 [Schedule 1], leave out from 'calculated' to end of line 23 and insert.

'in proportion to the rateable value of the hereditament occupied by the qualifying body, so that the sum total of persons qualified to vote at ward elections on the basis of sections 3(1)(a) and 3(1)(c) of this Act does not exceed the total of persons qualified to vote at ward elections on the basis of being residents of the City'.

Mr John McDonnell

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Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 6, line 8 [Schedule 1], leave out from 'scale:' to end of line 23 and insert

Number
of
Relevant
Employees

Maximum
Number
of
Persons
whom
that
Body
may
Elect

Up
to
1,0001.
For
every
1,000
over
the
first
1,000

1.
1 for
every
thousand
relevant
employees.

Mr John McDonnell

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Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 6, line 8 [Schedule 1], leave out from 'scale:' to end of line 23 and insert

'One voter for the first £1,000,000 rateable value and one voter for every £1,000,000 rateable value hereditament thereafter up to a maximum of 10 voters.'.

*Mr John McDonnell

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Mr Jeremy Corbyn

Page 6, line 10 [Schedule 1], in second column leave out 'appoint' and insert 'elect'.